The Ernakulam Rural Cyber police have booked controversial social media personality Mohammed Nihad, popularly known as ‘Thoppi’, for allegedly posting obscene visuals through streaming platforms. The police registered the case on Saturday (June 20, 2026) night for the publication of obscene materials online, an officer with the rural cyber police said.

Thoppi allegedly posted nude images of his friends on social media after he had a fallout with the latter.

The case was registered based on a complaint filed by lawyer Sreejith Perumana. The lawyer moved the police seeking a probe into a series of allegations levelled by members of Thoppi’s group against each other after they parted ways recently. The State police chief had ordered a probe into the complaint mentioning alleged offences including sexual abuse of minors, drug use, and obscenity.

Though the Kochi city cyber police and the Kalamassery police had earlier conducted preliminary investigations into the complaint they had not registered cases reportedly after finding that the alleged offences did not occur under their jurisdictions. The rural police acted on the complaint as the alleged offence of streaming obscene content took place from Varappuzha where Thoppi was staying, police sources said.

Mr. Perumana, meanwhile, alleged that the police have not booked looked into the alleged offences including sexual abuse of minors and drug use mentioned in his complaint. In a social media post, he said he would move a magistrate’s court’s seeking to alter the FIR by including relevant Sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.